Lead Stories
01 Dec, 2025
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Guidance counsellor call for increased recognition, improved working conditions
As Jamaica observes Guidance Counsellors Day today, counsellors across the island are urging the Government and education stakeholders to recognise their critical role in schools and communities,…
01 Dec, 2025
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$40m relief fund activated for storm-hit cops
WESTERN BUREAU: The management committee of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Welfare Fund has activated a $40-million humanitarian allocation to assist police officers whose homes and families…
01 Dec, 2025
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Hurricane delays testimony in Montego Bay Qahal Yahweh case
WESTERN BUREAU: The ongoing trial of 16 members of the Montego Bay-based Qahal Yahweh religious group has been rescheduled for continuation in the St James Parish Court on January 16, 2026, as the…
30 Nov, 2025
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Schools, churches unite to host students from devastated parishes
Some 200 students from five of the parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa are set to continue their education under a relocation initiative – the brainchild of St Catherine North West Member of…
30 Nov, 2025
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Dorothy Pine-McLarty, esteemed attorney and electoral leader, dies
Jamaica is mourning the passing of Dorothy Pine-McLarty, a transformative figure in the development of Jamaica’s modern electoral system. Pine-McLarty, who was widely regarded as one of Jamaica’s…
29 Nov, 2025
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Nowhere for the living, nowhere for the dead
A Westmoreland family is caught between grief and survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. On Friday, as they gathered to lay their brother, Cleveland Wayne – affectionately called “Gramps”—…
29 Nov, 2025
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‘Not enough hands’
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), has painted a worrying picture of the country’s animals in the wake of Hurricane Melissa,…
29 Nov, 2025
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Deadly determination
As Hurricane Melissa pummelled Smithfield in Westmoreland, 50-year-old Vincent Fisher worked frantically to protect his concrete home. He tried to clear a fallen tree, secure shattered windows, and…
29 Nov, 2025
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Learning triumphs over disaster
WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa ripped the roof off Dumfries Primary and left children wandering aimlessly across Lima, St James, veteran teacher Elaine Morgan refused to let the storm steal…